Students enrolled in Patrick Henry's new program in Strategic Intelligence (SI) are learning all about what it takes to join the nation's first line of defense—the men and women of the American intelligence community.

Strategic Intelligence at Patrick Henry is no simple "spy major." It is a serious, academically rigorous curriculum encompassing a range of intellectual and practical skills. Students in the program study intelligence analysis, investigative techniques, open source data exploitation, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and information dissemination. Since its inception in the fall of 2003, the program in Strategic Intelligence (one of three possible concentrations for Government majors) has attracted some of the College's best students. According to Dr. Robert Stacey, Chairman of the Department of Government and Director of Strategic Intelligence, "High school students who are interested in Patrick Henry tend to be very patriotic and of high moral character. These are just the sort of people we want to train and disperse into the intelligence community."

The stated goal of the SI program is to prepare graduates for meaningful careers in the intelligence community (Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, etc.), domestic counter-terrorism and law enforcement (Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigations, etc.), and diplomacy (State Department). These graduates will eventually work their way into positions to positively influence and shape this increasingly important part of our culture.

For more information about Strategic Intelligence, visit www.phc.edu